Hmm the esky would want to be looking grim to bring 1 back I recon. Have caught a few monsters 5+ feet that would have a decent fillet on them.crumpet_avenger wrote:The worms cook away to nothing. Not even noticable.Hosery wrote:Heaps of couta I've cut the sides off have worms. Never even considered putting them on the table due to that. Normally turn them into a snapper.
No change to taste either
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I wouldn't be eating the worms.
Smaller ones don't have worms and yes there are quite a few bones but the taste is good.
Smaller ones don't have worms and yes there are quite a few bones but the taste is good.
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funny thing when I was a kid ( 50 years or so back ) and dear old dad use to take us Surf fishing at Woolamai it was normally fish and chips on the way home at San Remo -- Couta was one of the more popular fish in the day and I still don't mind eating it today
couta is also an excellent bait in fact a couple of seasons back almost all my snapper fell to Couta strips - that season I caught fresh couta on every trip so some turned into bait --
funny how many would turn there nose up at Couta and like to eat a poor quality table fish like Snapper
couta is also an excellent bait in fact a couple of seasons back almost all my snapper fell to Couta strips - that season I caught fresh couta on every trip so some turned into bait --
funny how many would turn there nose up at Couta and like to eat a poor quality table fish like Snapper
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Dad talks about buying big slabs of couta from the fish shop back in the day. Never had an issue with worms in it so I don't know if that is a more recent development.
A question for the people who keep them to eat, what size do you keep to have big enough bones to eat around but not have worms?
A question for the people who keep them to eat, what size do you keep to have big enough bones to eat around but not have worms?
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More people should give couta a try but you cant be serious re snapper poor quality table fish.cheaterparts wrote:funny thing when I was a kid ( 50 years or so back ) and dear old dad use to take us Surf fishing at Woolamai it was normally fish and chips on the way home at San Remo -- Couta was one of the more popular fish in the day and I still don't mind eating it today
couta is also an excellent bait in fact a couple of seasons back almost all my snapper fell to Couta strips - that season I caught fresh couta on every trip so some turned into bait --
funny how many would turn there nose up at Couta and like to eat a poor quality table fish like Snapper
I rate snapper as good to very good along with flathead, KGW, Gars, Squid ect.
For reference I rate red emperor, nannygai as excellent.
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I've never rated Snapper as much of an eating fish - 35 to 45 cm aren't to bad under 35 have little flesh and over 45 start getting dry and tastelessfrozenpod wrote: you cant be serious re snapper poor quality table fish.
I rate snapper as good to very good along with flathead, KGW, Gars, Squid ect.
yes you can stuff and bake larger Snaps but if you have to flavour a fish to eat it catch better tasting fish
I rate Whiting ,Flatties and gars a huge step above snapper
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ive eaten couta once, the only thing that put me off is the amount of bones it had, i like the taste of it though.
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cheaterparts wrote:I've never rated Snapper as much of an eating fish - 35 to 45 cm aren't to bad under 35 have little flesh and over 45 start getting dry and tastelessfrozenpod wrote: you cant be serious re snapper poor quality table fish.
I rate snapper as good to very good along with flathead, KGW, Gars, Squid ect.
yes you can stuff and bake larger Snaps but if you have to flavour a fish to eat it catch better tasting fish
I rate Whiting ,Flatties and gars a huge step above snapper
I agree big snapper don't eat so well. I find 2.5kg snapper is the perfect eating size. I like to bake them whole in the oven.
If I had anything in the ice box I would release them over 3.5-4kg pending condition of the fish.
I do find snapper require more care than flatties to get the best out of them ie brain spike, bleeding and iceing asap.